Section 18-13-132 - Furnishing kratom products to persons under twenty-one years of age

(1)(a) A person shall not give, sell, distribute, dispense, or offer for sale a kratom product to any person who is under twenty-one years of age.(b) Before giving, selling, distributing, dispensing, or offering to sell to an individual any kratom product, a person shall request from the individual and examine a government-issued photographic identification that establishes that the individual is twenty-one years of age or older.(c) A person who violates subsection (1)(a) or (1)(b) of this section commits a civil infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of two hundred dollars, notwithstanding the provisions of section 18-1.3-503.(d) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under subsection (1)(a) of this section that the person furnishing the kratom product was presented with and reasonably relied upon a government-issued photographic identification that identified the individual receiving the kratom product as being twenty-one years of age or older.(2)(a) Nothing in this section prohibits a statutory or home rule municipality, county, or city and county from enacting an ordinance or resolution that prohibits the sale of any kratom products to

r.(2)(a) Nothing in this section prohibits a statutory or home rule municipality, county, or city and county from enacting an ordinance or resolution that prohibits the sale of any kratom products to persons under twenty-one years of age or imposes requirements more stringent than provided in this section.(b) A statutory or home rule municipality, county, or city and county shall not enact an ordinance or resolution that establishes a minimum age to purchase kratom products that is under twenty-one years of age.(3) As used in this section, 'kratom product' has the meaning set forth in section 44-1-105 (1).Added by 2022 Ch. 251, § 3, eff. 8/10/2022. 2022 Ch. 251, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3). For the legislative declaration in SB 22-120, see section 1 of chapter 251, Session Laws of Colorado 2022.